Mine detail: K & K Mine

Previously called 'Aurum Co.Red DevilGolconda QuicksilverNBMG Sample Site 2445'

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Location

Lat / long: 41.11295, -117.49513

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1941

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: TO 1956

Geology

Host rock:Harmony Formation
Host type:Shale,Sandstone,Limestone
Associated type:Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Granite
Structure:Nw-Trending Faults

References

MRDSM055355
DEP10040538
Reference{Deposit:: WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO., NEV.; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 59.}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H. AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NEV. U. BULL. VOL 38 NO. 5; GEOL & MIN. SER. NO. 41}{Deposit:: HOTZ, P.E. AND WILLDEN R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE OSGOOD MOUNTAINS QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT CO., NEV.; U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 431.}{Deposit:: JONES, R. B., 1985, FIELD EXAMINATION, 4-23-85.}{Production:: BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944.}
ReporterBergquist, Joel R., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)